Jackson Pollock, BarnettNewmanandMark Rothkopainted on such a scaleandwithsuch an enriched ideaofspace that theyleft thetraditional idea ofpaintingbehind.
He had shown several times in New York, at the Betty Parsons Gallery, when it was home to Jackson Pollock andMarkRothko, and had corresponded at length with the august art historian Meyer Schapiro.